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Santa Cruz County History - Government
Governors of California After Statehood
Governors of Californa, 1849--1895
Data from California's Legislature, published by the California State Assembly, 1984.
| Term | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1849-1851 | Peter H. Burnett | Independent Democrat |
| 1851-1852 | John McDougal | Independent Democrat |
| 1852-1856 | John Bigler | Democrat |
| 1856-1858 | John Neely Johnson | American |
| 1858-1860 | John B. Weller | Democrat |
| 1860 | Milton S. Latham | Lecompton Democrat |
| 1860-1862 | John G. Downey | Lecompton Democrat |
| 1862-1863 | Leland Stanford | Republican |
| 1863-1867 | Frederick F. Low | Union |
| 1867-1871 | Henry H. Haight | Democrat |
| 1871-1875 | Newton Booth | Republican |
| 1875 | Romualdo Pacheco | Republican |
| 1875-1880 | William Irwin | Democrat |
| 1880-1883 | George C. Perkins | Republican |
| 1883-1887 | George Stoneman | Democrat |
| 1887 | Washington Bartlett | Democrat |
| 1887-1891 | Robert W. Waterman | Republican |
| 1891-1895 | Henry H. Markham | Republican |
Governors of California, 1895--Present
Data from California's Legislature, published by the California State Assembly, 1984 & 2000; World Book Encyclopedia 1998; Governors of California Gallery, developed by the California State Library.
| Term | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1895-1899 | James H. Budd | Democrat |
| 1899-1903 | Henry T. Gage | Republican |
| 1903-1907 | George C. Pardee | Republican |
| 1907-1911 | James N. Gillett | Republican |
| 1911-1917 | Hiram W. Johnson | Republican |
| 1917-1923 | William D. Stephens | Republican |
| 1923-1927 | Friend William Richardson | Republican |
| 1927-1931 | Clement C. Young | Republican |
| 1931-1934 | James Rolph, Jr. | Republican |
| 1934-1939 | Frank F. Merriam | Republican |
| 1939-1943 | Culbert L. Olson | Democrat |
| 1943-1953 | Earl Warren | Republican |
| 1953-1959 | Goodwin J. Knight | Republican |
| 1959-1967 | Edmund G. "Pat" Brown | Democrat |
| 1967-1975 | Ronald Reagan | Republican |
| 1975-1983 | Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr. | Democrat |
| 1983-1991 | George Deukmejian | Republican |
| 1991-1999 | Pete Wilson | Republican |
| 1999-2003 | Gray Davis (recalled) | Democrat |
| 2003-2011 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Republican |
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